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Independence from the United Kingdom
Capital		New Delhi 28°36.8′N 77°12.5′E
Largest city		Mumbai 18°58′30″N 72°49′33″E
Official languages		Hindi English^[4]^[5]^{[nb 1]}
Recognised regional languages		8th Schedule [show]
National language		None^[9]^[10]
Religion		79.8% Hinduism 14.2% Islam 2.3% Christianity 1.72% Sikhism 0.24% others^[11]^[12]
Demonym		Indian
Government		Federal parliamentary republic^[1]
•	President	Pranab Mukherjee
•	Vice President	Mohammad Hamid Ansari
•	Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
•	Chief Justice	T. S. Thakur^[13]
•	Speaker of the House	Sumitra Mahajan
Legislature		Parliament of India
•	Upper house	Rajya Sabha
•	Lower house	Lok Sabha
•	Dominion	15 August 1947
•	Republic	26 January 1950
Area
•	Total	3,287,263^[14] km²^[b] (7th) 1,269,346 sq mi
•	Water (%)	9.6
Population
•	2015 estimate	1,276,267,000^[15] (2nd)
•	2011 census	1,210,193,422^[16] (2nd)
•	Density	386.7/km² (31st) 1,001.4/sq mi
GDP (PPP)		2015 estimate
•	Total	$8.027 trillion^[17] (3rd)
•	Per capita	$6,209^[17] (124th)
GDP (nominal)		2015 estimate
•	Total	$2.182 trillion^[17] (7th)
•	Per capita	$1,688^[17] (141st)
Gini (2009)		33.9^[18] medium · 79th
HDI (2014)		0.609^[19] medium · 130th
Currency		Indian rupee (₹) (INR)
Time zone		IST (UTC+05:30)
		DST is not observed
Date format		dd-mm-yyyy
Drives on the		left
Calling code		+91
ISO 3166 code		IN
Internet TLD		.in other TLDs[show]

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